You just did. ;-) Larry
At 12:58 PM 12/9/2003, Todd Flinders you wrote: >Yes, this was my mistake. Patrick LoPrest has already resolved this issue for me. >Thanks again. > >Should I send another mail to the list stating that the problem has been resolved? > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/03 09:52AM >>> >At 11:33 AM 12/9/2003, Todd Flinders you wrote: >>Hi: >> >>I have a directory with a large number of files. Using wildcards to look at the >>data in this directory causes me problems when using Cygwin. This happens with >>several utilities such as ls, grep, cat, and more. As an example I will use ls. >> >>ls by itself (no wildcard) works fine, and I'll spare you the huge output. >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$ bash -version >>bash -version >>GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) >>Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/IDNC data$ ls -l|wc -l >>ls -l|wc -l >> 2495 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/IDNC data$ ls * >>ls * >>bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument >> >>I believe this is a bug either in bash or in Cygwin because this works fine with >>bash 2.03 on Solaris 8. Sadly, I don't have a GNU/Linux box handy for testing. >> >>bash-2.03$ bash -version >>GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris) >>Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>bash-2.03$ ls -l|wc -l >> 2495 >>bash-2.03$ ls >>[Outrageously long list of filenames here] >> >>I know this problem has existed for at least several weeks. I apologize for just >>now reporting it. If I might provide more information to help, please let me know. >>Thank you. > > >Nope. This isn't a bug. It may be a FAQ but it's not a bug. Every >system has a limit on line length. See 'man xargs' for help getting around >this. > > >-- >Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com >RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX >Holliston, MA 01746 > > > >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain >confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the >use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use >or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including >the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended >recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the >communication. > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
